by Leah Langby | Oct 3, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
There is a great post in the ALSC Blog about parenting programs at the library. If you can find the right topic and the right night, you will end up with a surprising number of parents who are hungry for information and resources!I used to coordinate events at a...
by Leah Langby | Oct 2, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Many thanks to Jill Patchin of the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library in Eau Claire for this guest post:I have XM radio in my car and a 2 year old, so we listen to Kids Place Live quite a bit (and I confess to listening to it even after I drop him off at day...
by Leah Langby | Oct 1, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Especially in smaller towns, with no YMCA or other places for indoor gross-motor exploration by toddlers, adding in some time for playing to a toddler/preschool storytime makes a lot of sense. Two relatively new IFLS librarians are drawing on their...
by Leah Langby | Sep 28, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Monica LaVold started at the River Falls Library just before the Summer Library Program hit, and she’s still with us, which is a great sign, I think! You’ll all enjoy getting to know this thoughtful, enthusiastic person! Here she is, all...
by Leah Langby | Sep 26, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
They were having a tough time in Bloomer, coming up with a way to make the children’s area roomier and more functional. Kathleen Larson, the youth services librarian there drew on past experience to come up with a plan that seems to be working well for...
by Leah Langby | Sep 25, 2012 | Keeping Up With Kids
Off-topic…But I can’t resist sharing this hilarious haiku my daughter heard from a storyteller at the Renaissance Festival this weekend:Most haikus just don’tReally make much sense at allRefrigerator
